The mastermind behind the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, with his vast resources and power, created a spectacle that was a stark contrast to the beauty and order of Eden. Instead of using his power to create a harmonious environment, he allowed depraved creatures to roam that space, seeking affirmation and adulation from a world gone mad.
In Eden, the creatures moved, lived, and existed in God’s good pleasure. They were created, and therefore, they cherished their creator. But on that stage in Paris, these creatures re-invented themselves. Instead of doxology, they stood pridefully displaying their distorted postures and allegiance to the gods of the age. They denigrated God’s table of order, choosing a table of chaos.
That creator who designed and choreographed those liturgical movements in Paris used power to show what a world designed by Genesis 3 produces. The Christian should not be afraid of power, but he should use it to produce Edenic worlds, mini-Christendoms that show forth the worlds of Genesis 1 and 2 in their uncorrupted power and glory. Christians use power to show God’s artistic splendor and display heavenly realities in our daily liturgies.
